A binary clock in the form of a pentagram
At midnight the clock will play an MP3 file if sound is enabled to play automaticly in the browser.
You start with the outer ring on top and read binary clockwise to read the hours. Then you start in the middle and go down, then clockwise for the minutes.
Pressing h flips the pentagram.
Pressing p flips the pentagram back.
Adding ?hex=y to the url will flip the pentagram.
Mouse click toggles the explanation text.
Identify field 1-11 by pressing keys 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +
- Field 1 -> Hour 1
- Field 2 -> Hour 2
- Field 3 -> Hour 4
- Field 4 -> Hour 8
- Field 5 -> Hour 16
- Field 6 -> Minute 1
- Field 7 -> Minute 2
- Field 8 -> Minute 4
- Field 9 -> Minute 8
- Field 10 -> Minute 16
- Field 11 -> Minute 32
This image shows hour-fields 1, 4 and 8.
1 + 4 + 8 = 13
And minute-fields 1, 4 and 32.
1 + 4 + 32 = 37
To set the date and time under testing, this powershell command is usefull:
Set-Date -Date (Get-Date).Date.AddDays(-1).AddHours(23).AddMinutes(59).AddSeconds(50)